Winter sleet storms bring wrecks and wreckage across the city
A chaotic weather event leaves horses injured and equipment damaged as sleet and ice cripple telegraph and fire alarm lines. Wagons, spines, and legs suffer as authorities scramble to keep rescue and communication flowing while residents find relief in sleighing and skating amid a city-wide mix of hardship and cheer. In Norfolk, ice grips streets as the D. A. Anthony rides ashore, threatening total loss.
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Norfolk
D. AL Anthony
False Gap
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestive Health
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a rational cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It contrasts patent tonics with real medicine, claims to digest food in the stomach, restore appetite, and support nervous systems, urging readers to buy at 30 cents per package.
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Stuart
Imax
Gany Onlin
Por
City Charity Struggles In Urgent Test After Severe Storm
City warden Thomas Evans led relief efforts as coal and food were delivered to the poor amid blocked streets and harsh weather. Citizens and church groups urged creation of an emergency fund to support the warden outside city limits, with possible council approval today.
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Thomas Evans
Evans
Busi Wy
Warden Evans
Atlanta
Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
aAtlanta
Auanta
Harry I. Schlesinger
J. W. Ball
W. BR Joyner
R. O. Campbell
Citizens’ Committee
Hingh T. Inmany
Cae
H. C. Campbell
Reign of Sleet Not Yet Ended
A fragmented diary like scene describes ongoing sleet and cold in a city. Nightfall brings darkness and a strange northern color in the sky while electric lights struggle through fog. Lurid imagery contrasts bright house lights with deep shadows and eerie distant figures as winter tightens its grip.
Atlanta and Jackson Share City Spirit in Pursuit of Progress
A fragment reflects on shared drive between Jackson and Atlanta, noting a communal hustle and determination. It suggests both cities embody a stubborn spirit to push forward and add to their regional influence.
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Jackson Arzus
Atlanta
Sie
Widespread sleet crippled telegraph and rail lines
A severe sleet storm hit the south causing almost complete telegraph and telephone outages over a wide area from Kentucky to Georgia. Rail service suffered. in Louisville snow and ice slowed travel and several poles fell in Mississippi. In Wilkes Washington Georgia two days of heavy weather disrupted life. pedestrians faced slick pavements while a lineman died from a live wire incident.
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Loulaville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
Louisville
Atlanta
New Orleana
Memphis
Natchez
New Orleans
New York
Missiaupp
Chattanooga
Wilkes
Washington
Port
E. J. Forrester
First Baptist Church
Forrester
Yom Sudtow
Atlanta Rail System Struggles as Storm Halts City Traffic
Georgia Railway official T K Glenn and Superintendent Nym Hart described Atlanta surface traffic as severely disrupted by a winter storm. Power was cut, trolleys and wires were damaged, and most lines could not resume normal service for days. Officials ordered motormen home to rest and await daylight duty while crews cleared debris and awaited further instructions from car barns. Ministers in Atlanta prepared to challenge liquor limits amid the storm era debate.
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Atlanta
T. K. Glenn
Gorgia Railway and Electric Company
Nym Hart
Silverman's Corner
Oriera
Hart
Tragic accidental shooting kills boy in Atlanta home
William Bairdain's 14 year old son Fred shot his 12 year old brother Arthur Howells Bairdain in a bedroom at 342 Capitol Avenue. Police and coroner may hold an inquest as the gun was an accidental discharge during brothers examining their father's pistol. Funeral arrangements to follow.
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Wiliam Bairdsin
Capitol Avenue
Fred Bairdain
William Bairdain
Arthur Howell Bairdain
Bairdain
Arthur Bairdain
James McFadden Gaston
Arthur Balrdain
Thompson
Atlanta
Funers
J. K. Owens
Btcon
Sel Woodward Avenue
Cesk
Bma Strickland
Edgewood Avenue
Barclay & Brandon's
Fresbyterian Hospital
Harry Poole Raises Fund for Mrs Jordan Charity Drive
Harry Poole of Hibhurn and Poole undertakers organized a charity drive raising about 365 for Mrs Jordan and her four destitute children. The money, to be turned over today, will cover immediate needs as the family has no other means of support. Mrs J H Fite plans to visit the family and organize further aid through The Constitution.
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Jordan
Harry Poole
Hibhurn & Poole
Thia
J. H. Fite
My Offer to Kidney Sufferers
A dramatic health ad promises a free book and remedies to strengthen the autonomic nerves controlling the kidneys. It details Dr Shoop’s Ree storative as a cure for kidney trouble by nerve restoration, offering free book titles and order instructions from Racine Wisconsin.
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Uae
Troy
Feve
Racine
Wis
Riewmatlem
Cassie's Banker Beckwith Dies After Exposures
J. T. Beckwith, former president of Citizens National Bank Oberlin Ohio, died at about 10:45 pm after two days of unconsciousness. He faced federal indictments for banking law violations tied to Cassie L Chadwick and the Oberlin bank. His death may weaken prosecutions and depose key testimony in the Chadwick case.
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Oberlin
C. T. Beck
Citizens National Bank
Beckwith
Federal Grand Jury
Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Citizen's National Bank
Chadwick
Federal
Common Pleas
United States
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Cassie L Ched
J. T Beckwith
Citizens’ National Bank
Gbenlin
Ohio
Mra
Knights of Pythias to Knight Esquires in Atlanta
The Knights of Pythias lodge in Atlanta will confer knighthood on several esquires with a historic all past chancellors panel. The event at Castle hall in the Eiser building will feature leaders from Atlanta lodge No 20 and invite sister lodges from nearby cities to witness the milestone.
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Knights of Pythias
Tonteht
Castle Hall
Eiser Building
Atlanta
Order
Georgia
King
James W. Austin
Monitor
Tj H. Hanesch
Pythagoras
Jon M Hunnle
Cutt
Herald
George F. Eubanks
Frank Ridges
Bo Hardin
Dr. & Griffin
Robert Alston
J. C. Garlludle
Claude A. Smith
Nominates Major Nash as Assistant Inspector
Col Walter Coney inspector general of rifle practice for Georgia state troops nominates Major J Van Holt Nash of Atlanta for the post of assistant inspector. Governor Terrell to appoint and Nash to receive the commission as lieutenant colonel. News welcomed by Nash’s many friends in Atlanta.
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Walter Coney
Wash
Atlanta
Walter E. Coney
Georgia
J. van Holt Nash
Terrell
Nash
French experimenters extract power from dead leaves for small motors
Henri de Parville reports M. Bordenase using straw leaves hay and other vegetable matter to produce gas for miniature motors. Costs per horsepower range from 0.04 to 0.08 francs depending on material, with hay and straw offering practical yields. Farmers with farm refuse could power small motors, easing dependence on traditional fuels.
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Henri de Parville
Journal Des Debats
Paris
Vauchea
Peng
Bordenase
I M. de Farville
France
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health From Stomach and Liver
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a strong tonic and alterative for stomach foulness and torpid liver. It claims safe, non alcoholic formula from native plants, cures many ailments by improving digestion, and cites patient letters praising recovery. Also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and a health advisory booklet.
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Pierce
New York's Last Raffles Confesses to Robberies
Sanrock alias Tobher Smith jailed at polo headquarters confessed to Acting Inspector O'Brien that he staged numerous private residence robberies in recent weeks. He claimed he sought excitement rather than plunder and compared himself to Western bandits, saying he followed the legendary Raffles. He boasted of avoiding capture and of phoning a newspaper reward offer and the victims he robbed.
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Topher Smith
Sanrock
Polo Headquarters
O'Brien
Detective Bureau
Smith
York
Chris
Ernnest Woerse
Harbor Closed by Ice Floes
Ice floes completely block New York harbor making vessel passage slow and dangerous. In the Narrows the dense pack hindered even trans Atlantic steamers. Buoys displaced across channels cause grounding risks. several steamers forced to wedge through ice. North and East rivers clearer with ferries operating with little interruption.
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New York
New York Harbor
Sanday Hook
Shepard
Lighthouse Board
Fee
Department
Sound
Local Obituaries and Happenings From Friday
Short items report postponements due to weather and snow Covered deaths include Mrs Julia Karston and Mrs Nancy Miles plus the funeral of Douglas Lowman It notes delays and rescheduled services at local undertakers and churches and mentions a fall on Edgewood Avenue and a church society meeting postponed to Monday February 1a.
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Douglas Russell Lowman
George Lowman
MNITE
Woman's Potelen Missionary Society of Teinity of
Irch
EH. Johnson
Waslington Street
Ige Boat Crew Near to Death in Icy Harbor Rescue
Lewes Delaware February 6 Thirty men led by Captain Jacobs and crew of Philadelphia city sea boat No 3 escaped drowning after ice jam trapped them at the Delamare breakwater. Two tugboats aided, crew walked ashore over heavy ice after their boat struck a sunken barge Santiago, tearing a hole in hull and flooding the craft.
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Lewes
Del
Harbor of Refuge
Delamare
Delaware
Jacobs
Philadelphia City
Philadelphia
Santiago
Sickly Women Seek Hathaway Cure Despite Risks
An Atlanta based Dr Newton Hathaway promotes non surgical cure for women with lingering ailments. He offers free consultation and a self examination blank, urging sufferers to contact him by mail or visit his office at 33 Inman Park, Atlanta, Ga. He claims to have treated diseases for over twenty two years and to cure many cases without operation.
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Dorses
Cartew Sala
Kirkwood
Njurieg
Salim
Rand Bros
Gus Logan
Ashby and
West Hunter Streets
Comer
North Avenue
Cale Speer
City Waterworks
Mr. Comer
Aoman
Hathaway
J Newton Hathaway
Mary
Newton Rathawy
Inman
Hirsad Sr
Atlarta
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Beckwich
Citizens’ National Bank of
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de Roy
Dees
Anager
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Charles Ave
Renee
BR. Pierce
Buffalo
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Julia Karston
Nancy M. Miles
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